verb · transitive · rare

howitzer

howitzer · howitzers · howitzered · howitzering

To attack with a howitzerTo attack with a howitzer.

UK/ˈhaʊ.ɪts.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈhaʊ.ɪts.əɹ/

Origin

Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from

Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) + -nice. The Czech noun houf comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.

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Forms

howitzers, howitzering, howitzered, howitzered

Base form	howitzer · to howitzer
3rd person singular	howitzers
Present participle	howitzering
Past simple	howitzered
Past participle	howitzered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	howitzer
he, she, it	howitzers

Past simpleLesson

all persons

howitzered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have howitzered
he, she, it	has howitzered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will howitzer

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle